News Search, Blogs and Feeds

<p>List of figures</p> <p>List of abbreviations</p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p>About the authors</p> <p>Preface</p> <p>Chapter 1: Introduction: the nature of news search</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Discovering the power of news search</p> <p>The concept of news and its relations</p> <p>News published on the web vs printed news</p> <p>Structured vs unstructured news content</p> <p>The different types of news search tools</p> <p>Chapter 2: Free news search</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>A short history of free news search</p> <p>The best free news search engines</p> <p>Other news search engines</p> <p>Directories of news sites</p> <p>Major newspapers with web archives</p> <p>Broadcast news</p> <p>News agencies</p> <p>Press release wires</p> <p>Scientific wires</p> <p>Historical newspaper digitizing projects</p> <p>Websites mentioned in this chapter</p> <p>Chapter 3: Professional news search services</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Advantages of professional search services</p> <p>Advanced searching techniques</p> <p>Search results</p> <p>Search alerts</p> <p>Client billing</p> <p>Other fee-based services</p> <p>Websites mentioned in this chapter</p> <p>Chapter 4: News monitoring services</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Describing news monitoring services</p> <p>A short history of news monitoring services</p> <p>The meaning of news monitoring services</p> <p>Evaluating your monitoring service</p> <p>Irrelevance in news monitoring services</p> <p>Sample list of news monitoring and related services</p> <p>Chapter 5: Evaluating news search tools</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Frequency of spidering</p> <p>Sources</p> <p>Searching</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Chapter 6: Keeping track of the blogosphere</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>What exactly is a blog?</p> <p>The roots of blogging</p> <p>The blog explosion</p> <p>The blogosphere</p> <p>The evolution of blog searching</p> <p>The most important blog search engines</p> <p>Blog directories</p> <p>Websites mentioned in this chapter</p> <p>Chapter 7: The power of RSS</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>A short history of RSS</p> <p>What does RSS look like?</p> <p>What is OPML?</p> <p>Choosing an RSS reader</p> <p>Using news aggregator software</p> <p>RSS feeds – using pre-built and creating custom</p> <p>Subscribing to podcasts</p> <p>Websites mentioned in this chapter</p> <p>Chapter 8: News discovery via social networking tools</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Microblogs</p> <p>Twitter</p> <p>Twingly microblog search engine</p> <p>Directories of tweeters and similar services</p> <p>Linking in microblogs</p> <p>Topsy – a search engine powered by tweets</p> <p>Memetrackers and similar tools</p> <p>Digg and other social voting sites</p> <p>Facebook for news and blog reading</p> <p>Google Buzz</p> <p>Websites mentioned in this chapter</p> <p>Chapter 9: Concluding remarks</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>Further reading</p> <p>Index</p>